Deities and sacred beings
Deities, sages, kings, places and principles compiled from the Puranas. Search, filter and open each profile.
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Naimisharanya
नैमिषारण्यNaimisharanya is one of India's most ancient sacred hermitage-sites, identified with the Misrikh-Nimsar region of present-day Uttar Pradesh …
Earth (Mahi)
पृथ्वीThe Earth (mahi/bhumi) is revered in Hindu tradition as Mother Earth (Bhudevi), the foundational divinity of India's agrarian civilization. …
Svarga (heaven)
स्वर्गSvarga (Trivistapa) is Indra's heaven of Hindu cosmology: the impermanent fruit-bearing realm of merit. SB 1.3.19: it was this threefold hea…
Kikata (region)
कीकट प्रदेशKikata is the region of Vedic-puranic geography (traditionally identified with Magadha, Bihar) where, per the Bhagavata, the Buddha-avatara …
Kuru-jangala
कुरुजाङ्गलKuru-jangala is the forest region of the Kuru kingdom (modern Haryana-Delhi area); Śuka entered it on his post-renunciation roam: 'saṁprāpta…
Hastinapura
हस्तिनापुरHastinapura is the Kuru capital and center of the Mahabharata war; an archaeological site in present-day Meerut district, UP. Cited as 'Gaja…
Dvaraka
द्वारकाDvaraka is Krishna's capital, a fortified city built by the sea, to which He moved the Yadu clan from Mathura because of Jarasandha's repeat…
Mathura
मथुराMathura (the forest of Madhu), an ancient city on the Yamuna and capital of the Shurasena country, is Krishna's birthplace, where He appeare…
Kurukshetra
कुरुक्षेत्रKurukshetra, the holy field named after king Kuru, ancestor of the Kuru line, lies near Brahmavarta between the Sarasvati and Drishadvati an…
Jambudvipa
जम्बूद्वीपJambudvipa is the central and principal island-continent of Puranic geography, with Mount Meru at its centre; it is named from the abundance…
Brahmavarta
ब्रह्मावर्तBrahmavarta is the holy tract between the Sarasvati and Drishadvati rivers, which the Manusmriti calls a land fashioned by the gods and hold…
Vaitarani
वैतरणीThe Vaitaraṇī is, in the Puranas, the dreadful river on the road to Yama's realm which the sinful must cross; it is described as filled with…
Vaikuntha
वैकुण्ठVaikuṇṭha is the eternal abode of Lord Viṣṇu, held to be beyond the three guṇas of nature and untouched by creation and dissolution; its dwe…
Prabhasa
प्रभासPrabhasa is a pilgrimage field on the Surashtra coast. At SB 3.1.20-21 it is a stage of Vidura's wandering and the place where the news of t…
Surashtra
सौराष्ट्रSurashtra is a prosperous western country. It is named among the lands Vidura crossed at SB 3.1.24: 'tatas tv ativrajya surAshTraN^R^iddhaM …
Sauvira
सौवीरSauvira is an ancient country on the Indus. It is named among the lands Vidura crossed at SB 3.1.24: 'surAshTraN^R^iddhaM sauvIramatsyAn kur…
Matsya-desha
मत्स्यदेशMatsya-desha is an ancient country near Kuru-Jangala. It is named among the lands Vidura crossed at SB 3.1.24: 'sauvIramatsyAn kuruja~NgalAM…
Vraja
व्रजVraja is the grazing country of the cowherds, including Nanda's own camp (nanda-vraja), and the chief setting of the tenth Skandha. In the t…
Badari
बदरिBadarikashrama is the austerity site where the god Narayana and the blessed rishi Nara, the two who nurture the worlds, practised austerity …